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The week in space

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The moon turns an orange color from the smoke of the Mountain Fire July 18 near Idyllwild, California.
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This artist rendering released by NASA shows a planet outside the solar system that was detected by NASA's Kepler spacecraft. The mission to search for exoplanets is on hold as engineers try to fix the spacecraft's wheels that control its position in space.
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A handout photo released by the European Southern Observatory on July 19 shows an artist's concept of the snow line in TW Hydrae that represents water ice covered dust grains in the inner disc (4.530 astronomical units, blue) and carbon monoxide ice covered grains in the outer disc (>30 astronomical units, green).
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An unmanned Atlas 5 rocket lifts off, launching a new military communications satellite, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on July 19 in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
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U.S. astronaut Chris Cassidy uses a still camera during a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on July 16 before Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano, not in frame, reported water inside his helmet and the walk was aborted.
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This July 16 NASA TV image shows International Space Station(ISS) Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano (Top) as seen by the camera mounted on fellow astronaut Chris Cassidy's discusses a leak with mission control just prior to aborting their space walk.
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NASA TV image shows International Space Station(ISS) Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano wedged between Node 1 and Node 3 as seen by the camera mounted on fellow astronaut Chris Cassidy's helmet just prior to aborting their space walk on July 16.
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This July 16 NASA TV video image shows International Space Station (ISS) astronaut Karen Nyberg (right) assisting Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano after bringing him back into the station following an aborted space walk.
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